Trump Administration Taking 'Decisive Action to Protect Our Elections'

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThis is a BBN special report. The Trump administration says it is taking decisive action to protect our elections, ahead of the midterms.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAccording to Breitbart, the effort covers two things: prosecuting election crimes, and strengthening the security of the systems that run elections.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo that's both the people who break the rules and the machines that count the votes.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYes. The administration frames it as particularly important this close to the midterms.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe summary we have does not say which cases or which systems are involved, and that detail matters.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd that's the part people will argue about all week. Every side will read its own meaning into the word protect.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey will. For voters, the practical questions are simple: how secure is the process, and who decides what counts as a crime.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWatch for specifics from the administration, and for how election officials in the states respond.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOne more story in our politics file.